Shoe



g- 5, 1930- H. FINKELSTEIN 1,772,179

SHOE.

Filed June 6, 1928 Patented Aug. 5, 1930 UNITED STATES PATE FFICE HERSHEL FINKELSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N.

Application filed June e, 1528. 'seriarui'ass,issj

This invention relates to improvements in articles of apparel, particularly shoes, or sandals, both for mens, womens and childrens wear.

It is an object of this invention to provide for shoes having the common type sole and heel portion, vamp and upper portione-Xtending over the ankle portion of the foot, in order that the shoe may be fastened to the foot, but to provide for a novel means of encasing or enclosing the toes of the wearer.

Specifically, it is an object of this invention to provide for a shoe in which there are provided a series of individual chambers or sections, into which the respective toes of the wearer are insertable, whereby the toes are prevented from becoming cramped, due to the present improperly shaped shoe tops, and where skin irritations and skin diseases, due to the contact of the respective toes with one another, while the shoe is being worn are eliminated, due to the fact that the respective toes are always adjacent, but separated one from the other.

Further, it is an object of this invention, to provide for a shoe adapted to maintain the toes of the wearer in the correct natural formation thereof, wherein each of the toes of the foot is insertable into the separate receptacle or chamber, all of which are formed proportionately with respect to one another, in accordance with the ratio of the sizes, of one toe to another, and all of which are assembled over the sole of the shoe, in conjunction with the ankle or upper assembly to provide for an article of apparel, more useful than the present type now worn.

These and other advantages, capabilities and features of the invention will appear from the subjoined detailed description of one specific embodiment of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a completed shoe, embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, showing one form of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation in section, taken along lines 33 of Fig. 2.

; Fig. 4 is aj planview of another modification of the invention. i

Fig. 5 isfa side elevationpartlyin section along lines 55 of Fig. 4. 7 I

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the last by, means of which the shoe is assembled in accordance with this invention.

"Referring to the reference characters in the drawing, numeral "10, represents a shoe similar in outer configuration to the type now in use, but'diiferent in its interior structural formation, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, wherein a toe box 11, is provided as in the ordinary shoe, and which toe box has stitching 12,,across the face thereof, but.,within which 6 toe box there is provided insteadof the 1101- low compartment in present day use, a series of separately shaped and formed toe receptacles 13, each of which is respectively formed, so that the upper portion is fastened 7m to the inner surface of the vamp, and the lower surface is attached at a point or points to the insole of the shoe. The major portion of the toes are individual receptacles as shown in Figures 2 and 3, being free to move within the toe box 11, the respective toe members of which 13 and 14, are illustrative elements, are each of varying sizes in accordance with the contour and proportions of the respective toes in the human foot.

As shown in Figure 3, the vamp 15, has formed as a continuation the toe portions 13 and 14, the stitching member 12, being adapted to fasten the toe box to the vamp, and maintain the toe member series of which 13' 35 and 14 are two members, in their proper posi tion.

Referring to Fig, 6, there is shown a View of the last which is similar in structural formation to the common type of last, used in the industry, with the exception that a series of individual toe elements, of which 16 and 17 form illustrative examples, are formed on the toe portion of the last, instead of the usual solid formation thereon, the space 18, between the respective toes being such as would permit ready insertion and removal of tlzhe toe sections when completed from the ast.

Referring to Figures 4 and 5, a modification is shown, wherein the toe portions of Which 19 and 20 form illustrative examples, are formed integral with the vamp 15, and have no covering thereover, as illustrated in 5 Figures 1, 2 and 3, the toe portions 19 and 20,

having stitching segments 21 and 22, to provide decorative effects for the shoe in lieu of the stitching usually indicated in the toe box, the ends of the stitching and the base of the toe portions 19 and 20, being fastened to the insole or sole; it being Within the province of this invention, to provide for means to fasten V the toe portions at their base, to the sole 23, or to the insole, or to leave them freely mov- 7 l5 able above the sole. V It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to the details of construction Without departing from the general spirit of the invention as set forth in the 20 appended claim. 7

I claim: I c A shoe having therein enclosed heel and vamp portions, and a series of independent compartments within the vamp portion,each of said compartments being adapted to receive one of the toes of the Wearer in its natural spaced relation from the next adjacent toe, and each of said compartments being adapted to be freely movable at all times Within the confines of the vam HERSHEL FINK IELSTEIN. 

